DREAMS CAN BITE YOU IN THE BUTT
I dream dreams but they often crash up against unexpected realities. In our world of “lookism” where appearance is judged important, we tend to see people in terms of their […]
PROFESSIONAL POTTY PATHFINDERS
TALENTED TOILET TIGERS I have seen the future of travel. It’s not exactly pretty and is going to require some kind of a hack or work around. American travelers come […]
A BILLIONAIRE’S UTOPIA
Lefty politicians have their own visions of Utopia, and it excludes capitalists like Mr. Soichiro Fukutake. Capitalism is good, Fukutake believes, except for the fact that too many people serve […]
SHAKESPERE WOULD LIKE JAPANESE TEA
Atami, Japan Look away from the great, grand dramas in life. they never seem to last. Look instead to the small, the enduring rituals that last in perpetuity and add […]
AN OBSCENITY TO THE SERENITY?
How many women and some men too, enjoy fashion shows? How many harbor dreams of strutting down the catwalk in an exciting wardrobe, to the admiring look of a […]
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS DIFFERENT
TOSSED OUT OF A HOSPICE CENTER TWICE? Uncle Charlie was the most exceptional man I’ve met in a lifetime. Nothing changed him, right up to the end in his 90’s. […]